Olympia Zen Center Order of Ryokan
Olympia Zen Center
3248 39th Way NE
Olympia, WA 98506
United States
ph: 360-357-2835
director
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Olympia Zen Center practices meditation in the Soto Zen neo-traditional style
Zazen meditation is the center
of our
practice and daily life
Styles of meditation vary. The Soto Zen Way of meditation, called zazen, is not “guided.” Instructions for zazen are points of posture, and its monologue is entering silence. Zazen is not a reliance on techniques which favor various emotional states. Zazen is not spoken nor is zazen grasping after desirable emotional states. Zazen is not what you think is you being mindful. Zazen is not what you think.
There is no script, podcast, webinar, book, or workshop to spare the ego from this work. The inescapable point of zazen is met when no one tells you what to think, when the body is free to recall its own language, which is instinctive and intuitive. And the assurance of Zen masters who maintained and continue this discipline is this: through the practice of and devotion to zazen, the instinct of clarity called samadhi will rise of itself uninhibited beyond ego.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
Following the governor and the health department's official stay at home pronouncement, Olympia Zen Center is now closed. The residents will continue the practice schedule keeping in mind the entire Sangha. We encourage you to pratice at home, read our newsletters, engage in online seminars and stay healthy. Please call Olympia Zen Center if you need help and we will do our best to assist you. 360-357-2835. Please send in a column for our newsletter.
Director@olympiazencenter.org
World Prayer
Though in the world
there is strife
Here may there be peace.
Though in the world
there is hate
Here may there be love.
Though in the world
there is grief
Here may there be joy.
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Olympia Zen Center
The Mountain of the Heart Moon
is the home temple of the
in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition.
Practicing in Olympia since 1995, we offer meditation, services, retreats, study, training and experience in all forms of Soto Zen practice open to everyone, along with practice residency.
We are completely supported by donations which come from the heart of Generosity of our many benefactors.
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Olympia Zen Center
3248 39th Way NE
Olympia, WA 98506
United States
ph: 360-357-2835
director